Pillow-sham holder



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet .1. 1:. KARR.

PILLOW SHAM HOLDER.

Patented Jan. 20, 1891.

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PILLOW SHAM HOLDER.

Patented Jan. 20,71891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS KARR, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PILLow-sHAM HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 444,981, dated January 20, 1891.

Application filed March 3, 1890.

To @ZZ whom- L't may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS KARR, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and Stateof Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Pillow-Sham Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference beine; had to the annexed drawings, two sheets, illustrating the invention, in which- Figure l, Sheet l, is a face View of my invention in position on a bedstead properly to support pillow-shams; Fig. 2, a left-hand out- Fig. 3, Sheet 2, is an elevation of the device removed from the bedstead, extended and raised up; Fig. 4, an elevation of the right-hand end of thepillowsham holder raised up and secured to the bedpost.

This invention relates to the novel construction of a main wire frame and the peculiar form of the wire lock by which the frame is held upon the bed-posts and its combination with a tilting frame which supports the pillow-shams, and so arranged as to be necessarily extended simultaneously with the Inain frame, and fabrics tightly wound spirally around two adjoining top wires of the tilting frame, whereby the pillow-sh ams may be properly and readily attached.

The nature of invention will be readily understood by the following detailed description: B represents one bracket by which one end of the main frame is held to thebed-post D', and C represents. the bracket by which the other end of the frame is held to the post D.

The main frame is composed of two wires, starting and continuing as follows: One end of the wireAis made to be a pivot in the free end of the bracket B, and itis headed to hold the parts in place. 'lhence it passes through a loop a of wire A and forms a loop c around wire A. rlhence at h it forms a loop around wire A; thence through loops 7L and 7L of the tilting frame and through loop Z2 of wire A' 5 thence through loop m of said tilting traine; thence returning to starting-point and forms a knot A around the wire A at the place of beginning. The other wire A is made to be a pivot in the free end of the bracket C, and

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thence runs through a loop a of wire A and forms loop c around wire A, extends to b', and forms a loop around wire A thence passes through loops h and 71, of tilting fra1ne,-and also through loop b of wire A and through loop m of said tilting frame, and thence through loop c and returns to near the starting-point; then passes around itself and returns substantially parallel to itself, so as to forni a loop c, and thence inward to form a loop or coil d; thence extends outward between the said parallel portions and terlninates at c, and it thus forms a suitable spring to lock over the cam E on the free end of the bracket C and holds the two frames up, as shown at Fig. 4. The tilting frame consists of two wires formed as follows: The wire F is spliced at its ends by loops r n or by other suitable means, and from one end it extends to p, where it is bent, as shown, and thence through a loop g of wire F, and then forms loop g; thence to 71 where it forms a loop around the wires A A of the main frame; thence to if, where it forms av loop around the wire F', thence through loop "L" to j, where it forms an eye; thence to m', where it forms a loop around wire A of the main frame, and thence to the place of beginning. Wire F of the tilting frame is a counterpart of the wire F in a reverse position and connected with the other portions, as clearly shown in the drawings. From this it will be seen that the main frame is two-partin its nature, and can be extended one part on the other, and that the tilting frame, although hung to the main frame, is also a two-part frame, which may be extended simultaneously with the main frame, wherebythe extending of either frame will necessarily cause `the other to be similarly extended. Tapes or suitable fabric strips G and G are respectively wound tightly and spirally around the wires F and F', and their ends are fastened to the eyes] j,and at points() and O on the respective two parts of the tilting frame, for the purpose of providing means for securing pillow-shams to the holder.

The advantages are simplicity, durability, cheapness of construction, and certainty of action.

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I claim and desire to seen re by Letters Patenty In L pillow-sham holder made entirely of wire, the combination 0f a tw0-part extensi- 5 ble main frame, pvot and Cam-brackets attaehed to the bedstead and Supporting said frame, a two-part extensible tilting frame connected with the main frame, and eyes formed integrally with sciiti tilting frame and surrounding' parte of said main fra-me, \vhere zo by both* frames are extended by the exile sion of either, as Speeied.

FRANCS KARR. Witnesses:

G. L. CHAPIN, H. W. CRANE. 

